Super Thursday
Superman is Back! The movie could have been generally better, but it did a good job of humanizing the Superman character. The Christopher Reeve movies left me cold. They were two-dimensional, though with great music and effects. The current incarnation keeps the same John Williams score and vastly improves the effects plus exudes a lush visual style that should garner the film an Art Direction nomination.
There's a plot twist almost worthy of M. Night Shyamalan's best efforts so I won't reveal it here, suffice to say that we should have seen it coming. As usual, the basic plot leaves plenty of opportunities for sequels, but the plot twist alone merits one.
I may not visit the theater for another showing, and I don't anticipate buying the DVD, but nonetheless this is a fine film.
